as in mourns
to feel or express sorrow for
he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it
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As Hollywood mourns the loss of Catherine O’Hara, one of her Canadian comrades is paying tribute.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
31 Jan. 2026 -
Our union mourns his loss and our thoughts are with his family, his union, and his community.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps the most significant invocation of maternity comes when Ser Lyonel laments that Baelor is a more favored son than his brother Maekar.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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In the same newsletter championing bovine contact, Means laments a spiritual crisis of connection to nature.—
Rina Raphael,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Fast forward to now, Banks regrets the interaction.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Parker has also taken a few creative liberties and made adaptational alterations — including a key conversation that the showrunner now regrets leaving out.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Bewails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewails. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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